Norway's Strongest Man

Norway's Strongest Man 2011
Tournament information
Location	Norway
Established	1998
Format	Multi-event competition
Month Played	May
Current champion
Espen Aune

Norway's Strongest Man (Norwegian: Norges Sterkeste Mann) is an annual strongman competition held in Norway. The event was established in 1998.^[1] Kurt Kvikkstad won in 1998 & 1999, with Roy Holte winning the next 3 years. Svend Karlsen took the 2003, 2005, and 2006 titles. Arild Haugen won in 2007 & 2008. Richard Skog won in 2009 & 2010.^[2] Espen Aune won in 2011, Skog did not compete due to injury.^[3]

Official results - top three places

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Place
2011Note 1	Espen Aune	Lars Rørbakken	Bjørn André Solvang
2010	Richard Skog	Espen Aune	Bjørn André Solvang
2009	Richard Skog	Arild Haugen	Lars Rørbakken
2008	Arild Haugen	Richard Skog	Odd Haugen
2007	Arild Haugen	Espen Aune	Odd Haugen
2006	Svend Karlsen	Arild Haugen	Reider Kvåle
2005	Svend Karlsen	Reider Kvåle[4]
2004	Reider Kvåle[4]	Espen Aune [5]	Olaf Dahl [5]
2003	Svend Karlsen	Odd Haugen	Reider Kvåle
2002	Roy Holte	Olaf Dahl	Frank Nagy
2001	Roy Holte	Kurk Kvikkstad	Frank Nagy
2000	Roy Holte	Odd Haugen	Olaf Dahl
1999	Kurt Kvikkstad	Marius Bjerke	Roy Holte
1998	Kurt Kvikkstad	Thomas Johansen	Roy Holte

Notes

1. 2 time defending champion Richard Skog did not compete in the 2011 event due to injury.^[6]

• Results courtesy of David Horne's World of Grip http://www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com/strongmanresults.html

References

1. ^ "PREVIOUS STRONGMAN CONTESTS TOP 3". Davidhorne-gripmaster.com. http://www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com/strongmanresults.html. Retrieved 2010-06-14. 
2. ^ "PREVIOUS STRONGMAN CONTESTS TOP 3". Davidhorne-gripmaster.com. http://www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com/strongmanresults.html. Retrieved 2010-06-14. 
3. ^ http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2011/May/Norwayxs_Strongest_Man-Strongman_and_More.html
4. ^ ^{a b} "iform.no". http://www.iform.no/pub/art.php?id=641. Retrieved 2010-08-25. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "treningsforum.no". http://www.treningsforum.no/forum/index.php?topic=13615.0. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
6. ^ http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2011/May/Norwayxs_Strongest_Man-Strongman_and_More.html